Features
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From the archive: Fifty years a “King”
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In this article drawn from The Railway Magazine archive, K. S. Farr extols, at the time of its golden jubilee, the first of a great class.
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SCOTSMAN, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND AND SRI LANKA – step on board with The Railway Touring Company
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Winner of the British Travel Award for ‘Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays 2021/22’, The Railway Touring Company applies over 25 years expertise to create a varied, and often innovative, choice of rail-themed tours.
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Ffestiniog Travel – 50 years of touring the world by train!
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In October 1974 Ffestiniog Travel ran its very first escorted rail tour – the destination was Switzerland, and the purpose was to ride its majestic Alpine railways. It proved a very popular choice as the company escorted 70 people on not one but two inaugural tours that year! Fifty years on, Switzerland continues to be…
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Enthusiast Holidays – steam and classic traction for the 21st Century gricer!
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Enthusiast Holidays can trace its origins back to 1975, as the “Magic of Steam in Poland” – part of the émigré Polish travel organization “Fregata” – running trips to that country at a time when photographing trains, or even writing down their numbers, without the necessary permission – could get you arrested!
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Memorable day trips by luxury train
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At UK Railtours we’re justly proud of being family owned since 1978. Many people associate a train journey with their daily commute to work, very much a ‘grudge purchase’ and hardly a memorable experience. We’re here to show that on board a private excursion train with like-minded travelling companions, things are very different. There really…
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How the Class 777 will help transform Merseyrail
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Stadler ‘777s’ have begun entering traffic with Merseyrail. Richard Clinnick asks Merseytravel rolling stock programme director David Powell about the roll-out and the possibility of even more new trains.
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From the archives: Air raid damage and British non-stop runs in wartime
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These images from the November/December 1942 edition reveal bomb damage in London and York
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From the archive: A curious railway accident
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A curious railway accident, as reported in The Railway Magazine, March 1900.
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From the archive: Stockton and Darlington Railway
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Read this fascinating archive article on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, with words and photography as originally printed in the July 1925 issue of The Railway Magazine.
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From the archive: Train indicators at Waterloo
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Read this fascinating article from the January 1898 issue of The Railway Magazine, written by N. WILSON, then Superintendent of Line’s Department, L. & S.W.R.
